Imperial Merchant Services, Inc. v. Hunt, No. S163577

By FindLaw Staff on August 11, 2009 10:33 AM

In a bankruptcy action decided on request of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of California concludes that the statutory damages prescribed in Civil Code sec. 1719 are exclusive in the sense that a debt collector who recovers a service charge on a dishonored check pursuant to Civil Code sec. 1719 may not also recover prejudgment interest on damages under Civil Code sec. 3287.

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